Nest of chairs



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NEST OF CHAIRS Filed Nov. 22 1929 2 sh ets-sheet 2 lmum Whunnnn Zaura,Does L {R GXW W Patented Nov. 1, 1932 UNITED STATES LAURA DOE'ISCH, OFCHICAGO, ILLINOIS NEST F CHAIRS Application filed November 22, 1929.Serial No. 408,941.

My invention relates to chairs and more particularly to a nest ofchairs.

My invention comprehends the disadvantages of ordinary folding chairsand contem- :14 plates the provision of a rigid chair which has all theadvantages and none of the disadvantages of the folding chair. It alsoprovides for rigid chairs which can be grouped for special purposes suchas card playing, banquet halls, auditoriums and like use yet which canbe compacted into a space only slightly larger than required for eachalone. It is an object of my invention to provide a rigid chair whichhas all of the advantages of both rigid and folding chairs.

t is another object of my invention to provide a rigid chair that can becompacted With other similar chairs to occupy less space than when notso compacted.

A further object is to provide a nest of chairs the upper or foremost ofwhich can be used either when a part of the nest or when separatedtherefrom.

Other objects and advantages will appear and be brought out more fullyin the following specification, reference being had to the drawingswherein:

Fig. 1 is a top View of a nest of chairs embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a side view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a top view of the rearmost chair of the nest;

Fig. 4 is a side view of the same;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the same;

Fig. 6 is a top view of a slightly modified form of chair;

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the same; and Fig. 8 is a side View of anumber of the chairs of Figs. 6 and 7 shown in compacted relation.

Referring more particularly to the drawu ings and especially to Fig. 5,I show a chair of the rigid type having the usual front legs 10, rearlegs 11 which extend upwardly to form supports for the back elements 12,and seat 13.

Seat 13 has rearwardly extending sides 14 which have cutaway portions 15cut inwardly substantially the width of rear legs 11. A

shoulder 16 is formed by the cutaway portion 15 for a purpose to bepresently explained. Portion 15 is cutaway forwardly a distance equal tothe thickness of three chair legs.

In Figs. 1 and 2 I show four chairs comprising a nest, which are similarto the one just described. These chairs are designated A, B, C and D andfor the purpose of claiming in this application, are further designatedas anterior and posterior chairs, A being anterior to B, C and D; Bbeing anterior to C and D and posterior to A and so forth. Chair D isthe chair ust described and the cutaway portion 15 is just long enoughto receive the rear legs of chairs A, B and C. The cut- 05 away portionof chair 0 is just long enough to receive the legs of chairs A and B andthat of B ust long enough for chair A. Chair A does not have a cutawayportion and the seat of chair A is slightly higher than that of B, thatof B higher than that of C and that of C higher than that of D. It willthus be seen that the seat and rear legs of chair A can be made tostraddle the seats of chairs B, G and D and those of B and C made tostraddle the seats of C and D respectively. In other words, the seat andrear legs of each anterior chair will straddle the seats of all thechairs posterior to it. Shoulders 16 on each chair prevent the separateforward movement of the chairs since the rear legs of chair A areagainst this shoulder and the straddle position can only be obtained bylifting chairs C, B and A over the seats of chairs D, O and B and thusthe chairs are held together as a group. It is therefore clear that thefour chairs can be made to occupy substantially the same spaceordinarily required by one and that they can be occupied as one, two,three or four, as desired.

In Figs. 6 to 8 inclusive, I have shown a slight modification. In thiscase all the chairs are identical and have the sides 14a continuous fromfront to back and terminating between the rear legs 11a. The front 9legs 10a will not now be directly in front of the rear legs but will bejust inwardly of them. The seats 14a are all of the same height and anindefinite number of chairs can be put in the straddle position forpiling or stacking when not in use and the great economy in spaceoccupied is obvious. The chairs of Figs. 6, 7 and 8 can be considered asthe same as the chairs of Figs. 1 to inclusive 5 if the cutaway portionis assumed to be continued forward to the front or as far as desired.

While I have shown and described my invention in a preferred form, I amaware that 10 various changes and modifications may be made thereinWithout departing from the principles of my invention, the scope ofwhich is to be determined by the appended claim.

I claim as my invention:

A plurality of chairs comprisinganest,having anterior and posteriorchairs with their seat portions in close proximity, said posteriorchairs having said seat portions cutaway on the sides at the back andforming an abutment, said cutaway portions adapted to receive the rearlegs of the anterior chairs, said abutments adapted to contact the rearlegs of the first anterior chair adjacent the seat portion thereof, thelegs of said chairs havin their lower termini in the same plane, where yto permit said chairs to be occupied as a nest or separately.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my 39 hand.

LAURA DOETSCH.

